The Founders
Wallach Jewelers was founded by Frank Wallach down in The Bowery area of lower Manhattan, the city's jewelry district of the early 1900's. In the late 1950's, Frank's sons, Sidney and Irving, relocated the growing business to 47th Street, the new jewelry district, where they opened a factory and a storefront. As the business continued to flourish due to hard work, fine quality and a reputation for honesty, the brothers expanded by opening stores in the bustling areas of Manhasset, on Long Island and Eastchester, in Westchester County. In the mid-1960's, the Wallach brothers closed the factory and Manhattan store so they could focus their resources on their growing suburban businesses.